(File photo) MANILA - The number of new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections stayed below 30,000 for the second straight day, with only 22,958 new cases recorded on Wednesday. In its Covid-19 bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) said this raised the active case tally to 270,728, lower than Tuesday's 284,458. Among the active cases, 257,632 are mild, 2,970 are moderate, 8,335 are asymptomatic, 1,487 are severe, and 304 are critical. Wednesday's fresh infections are also lower than Tuesday's 28,471. Meanwhile, another 36,611 recoveries raised the recovery count to 2,969,853 or 90.2 percent of a total of 3,293,625 infections recorded since the pandemic started in March 2020. "Of the 22,959 reported cases today, 21,691 (94 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days Jan. 6, 2021 to Jan. 19, 2022," the DOH said. The regions with the most cases in the past two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 7,861 or 36 percent of new infections; Region
WAITING IN LINE.Hundreds of people wait for their turn to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 on Monday (Jan. 17, 2022) at the covered court of Notre Dame School in Caloocan City. As of January 13, over 54 million Filipinos or more than 70 percent of the country's target population have been fully vaccinated against the disease.(PNA photo by Oliver Marquez) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) logged 28,471 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections and 34,892 new recoveries Tuesday. Active cases decreased to 284,458 while total recoveries jumped to 2,933,507, or 89.7 percent of the 3,270,758 infections recorded since the pandemic started in March 2020. Tuesday's fresh cases tally is lower than Monday's 37,070. Among the active cases, 277,020 are mild, 2,940 are moderate, 9,187 are asymptomatic, 1,480 are severe, and 304 are critical. "Of the 28,471 reported cases today, 27,735 (97 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days - Jan. 5, 2021 to
(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday reported another 17,220 fresh coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections. In its latest Covid-19 bulletin, the agency said this raised the active case count to 56,561. Thursday's new infections are equivalent to a nearly 60 percent increase from Wednesday's 10,775 fresh cases. Out of the active cases, 49,988 are mild, 2,954 are moderate, 1,837 are asymptomatic, 312 are critical, and 1,470 are severe. "Of the 17,220 reported cases today, 17,104 (99%) occurred within the recent 14 days - December 24 to January 6, 2022," the DOH reported. Meanwhile, 616 new recoveries brought the number of recovered cases to 2,780,613 or 96.3 percent of a total of 2,888,917 infections since the pandemic started in March 2020. The regions with the most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 11,563 or 68 percent of new infections; Calabarzon, 3,165 or 19 percent; and Central Luzon, 1,126
(File photo) MANILA - The Philippines on Wednesday logged 889 coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases which raised the total tally of confirmed infections to 2,839,790. In its latest case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) noted the figure brought the total number of active infections to 10,418. Of the active cases, 4,384 are mild, 536 are asymptomatic, 374 are critical, 1,778 are severe, and 3,346 are moderate. "Of the 889 reported cases today, 869 or 98 percent occurred within the recent 14 days - December 16 to 29, 2021," the DOH said. It added that the top regions with most cases in the recent two weeks were the National Capital Region with 564 or 65 percent, Calabarzon with 86 or 10 percent, and Region 3 with 53 or 6 percent of the country's new cases. Some 214 new recoveries were also logged which brought the total number of recovered cases to 2,778,131. Meantime, the death toll has reached 51,241 with 28 new deaths. "Of the 28 deaths, seven were from D
(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday logged 203 new Covid-19 cases, the country's lowest single-day infection since May 2020 due to the failure of 41 laboratories to submit data. The DOH said the figure pushed the total case tally to 2,837,577. "The low case report is due to the suspension of the operations four laboratories on Dec. 17, 2021 and failure to submit data from 41 laboratories to the Covid-19 Document Repository System (CDRS) because of Typhoon Odette," the DOH said. Based on data in the last 14 days, the 45 laboratories contribute, on average, 15.4 percent of samples tested and 1.8 percent of positive individuals. Meanwhile, the active cases declined further to 9,729 after the DOH reported 395 new recoveries. The country now has 2,777,109 recoveries. About 3,379 of the active cases are mild, 485 are asymptomatic, 380 are critical, 1,800 are severe, and 3,379 are moderate. "Of the 203 reported cases today, 186 or 92 percent occur